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I'm not disagreeing, but genuinely curious: what do astronomers call the "solar wind" in other systems? Referring to every wind by the star's name would seem o
by IbJacked 13y ago
I'm not disagreeing, but genuinely curious: what do astronomers call the "solar wind" in other systems? Referring to every wind by the star's name would seem odd.
- doctoboggan 13y agoJust replace solar with stellar.
- jlgreco 13y agoThis seems like yet another case of unnecessarily Earth/Sol-centric terminology, much like "apogee" being Earth specific such that you have to use "apoapsis" if you want to be generic. I mean, do we really need a new word for every planet, the sun, a star in general, a black hole specifically, and galaxies? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis#Terminology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis#Terminology We should declare terminology bankruptcy to wipe out our existing terminology/language debt, then pick sensible terms for everything. While I'm the topic, we should also do "kilogram"->"grave", "gram"->"micrograve".
- nitrogen 13y agoShouldn't that be "milligrave" if you're using SI prefixes?
- jlgreco 13y agoYou are absolutely correct.
- lmm 13y agoWhen talking about orbits it's very useful to be able to make a distinction between apogee and lunar or solar apoapsis.
- jlgreco 13y agoYou inadvertently gave the solution: "lunar apoapsis", "solar apoapsis", "earth apoapsis". Much easier than "aposelene/apocynthion/apolune", "aphelion", "apogee".
- pmahoney 13y agoSo, what gets to be "mg"? I'm not against the idea, but please don't have the new base also start with "g".
- jlgreco 13y agoHence "terminology bankruptcy", all existing terminology debt will be erased ;)
- yo-mf 13y agoI once had a stellar wind, about near blew the doors out my house... So you see, probably does not work so well.
- wonderyak 13y agosolar : stellar/star :: coke : soda